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English Epilogue: October 2026
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English Epilogue is a monthly CSU English community newsletter. Here, you can catch up on department news, faculty and student achievements, upcoming events, opportunities, and highlights from across our vibrant…
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Black History Month: Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde
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Read More: Black History Month: Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison and Audre LordeToday in Black History Month, we have two very special birthdays to celebrate: Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde was a black writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, teacher, and civil rights activist, who described herself as a “lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Her poems and prose largely dealt with issues related to civil…
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Black History Month: Langston Hughes
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Read More: Black History Month: Langston HughesBorn in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes is known primarily for his jazz poetry during the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes worked to depict the actual lives of African Americans during the 1920s in the United States. “In Hughes’s own words, his poetry is about ‘workers, roustabouts, and singers, and job…
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Black History Month: Stacey Abrams
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Read More: Black History Month: Stacey AbramsA record 127 women are currently serving in Congress, including 47 women of color. There are now 102 women serving in the House — the largest number in U.S. history. Last night another historical moment occurred when Stacy Abrams became the first-ever African American woman to give the formal response…
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Study Abroad: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Energy Transitions in Europe
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Read More: Study Abroad: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Energy Transitions in EuropeStudy Abroad: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Energy Transitions in Europe This CSU faculty-led summer program focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives of energy transitions in Europe. Students travel to three countries to examine questions about energy and climate within several different cultural contexts. Course Information Course Title: E482A: Study Abroad: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Energy…
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Black History Month: Camille Dungy
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Read More: Black History Month: Camille DungyLast year, during Black History Month, Camille Dungy helped us celebrate by sharing a reading list, Ten Essential Black Authors to Read During Black History Month— and Every Month. The year before that, we featured her during Women’s History Month. We’ve also featured her two years in a row during National Poetry…
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Legendary CSU coach John Mattos elected to hall of fame
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Read More: Legendary CSU coach John Mattos elected to hall of fameLegendary CSU swimming coach John Mattos has been elected to the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
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Black History Month
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Read More: Black History MonthBlack History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans, and is a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. In 2016, former President Barack Obama described it this way, “During National African American History Month, we…
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News of Note Week of January 21
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Read More: News of Note Week of January 21Leslee Becker has been named a Finalist in the Great Midwestern Fiction Contest for her story, “The Grotto.” Mark Bresnan wrote about compensation and contingent labor for Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/guest-post-how-was-your-semester In the on-going life of NOS (disorder, not otherwise specified), Matthew Cooperman and Aby Kaupang have a review, and long…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Sarah Wernsing and Caleb Gonzalez
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Sarah Wernsing and Caleb GonzalezLast semester ended with a thesis reading from two MFA students: Sarah Wernsing (poetry) and Caleb Gonzalez (fiction). As the last event for the Creative Writing Reading Series fall semester, the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art was filled with students, faculty, and family, there to support these two graduate readers. Sarah…